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Filipina migrants in Italy were usually employed by migration professionals to conduct research. But in a recently published United Nations report, they were the subject. “Gender, Remittances and Local Rural Development: The case of Filipino migration to Italy,” a report funded by the United Nations’ International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), focused on the Filipino community in Italy as a case study to draw attention to the high feminization of migration.

"The Filipino community in Italy is more feminized than any other migrant group and is highly concentrated in the domestic service sector, characterized by its intense demand for foreign female labor,” UN-INSTRAW’s Social Affairs Officer Caroline Taborga said.

Italy is the sixth most popular destination of Filipino migrants (preceded by Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates). Italy also hosts the largest number of Filipino migrants within Europe.

There are about 128,000 Filipinos residing in Italy as of 2006. Their US$44 million dollar annual remittances is the fourth largest source of money sent by OFWs to beneficiaries back home. According to the study, Filipino women remit back home more regularly than their male counterparts.

Taborga said that in cities like Rome and Milan, Filipinas account for up to 70 percent of all Filipino migrants.

The study, which also had the support of the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Filipino Women’s Council (FWC), a non-governmental organization in Italy dealing with Filipino migrants.

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